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This week President-elect Joe Biden nominated Pete Buttigieg to lead the Department of Transportation. According to Business Insider the news of the nomination was met with derision and some lighthearted chuckling. "Mayor Pete" had overseen the city of South Bend, Indiana. Their total population is a fraction of what a mass transit system like New York's can handle in an hour. Is Mayor Pete really the right guy to commandeer America's freight, air, rail and road? With a crumbling infrastructure and COVID still raging, only time will tell if he can handle the monumental job ahead of him.
Opposition candidate Martin Fayulu returns to Kinshasa for the launch of his presidential campaign. Voters on December 23 will choose a successor to outgoing President Joseph Kabila, who has constitutionally remained in power as caretaker leader even though his second and final elected term ended nearly two years ago. IMAGES
Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin submits the documents to Russia's Central Election Commission needed to register as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in March. The would-be challenger to Vladimir Putin shot to fame with promises to end the conflict in Ukraine and the previous week announced he had passed the 100,000 signature threshold to register. Russia's Central Election Commission will review his application and make a decision about whether he can run. IMAGES
Hundred of local residents attend the funeral of Agustin Intriago, mayor of Manta, Ecuador, killed on Sunday during an armed attack while he was checking a work in the port city. IMAGES
Libya's interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah registers his candidacy for next month's presidential election, joining a list that includes a son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi and a military strongman. IMAGES
Paris, Oct 14 (EFE/EPA).- Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was elected Thursday as the official Socialist Party presidential candidate after winning the primaries by 72 percent of the vote. French presidential election is scheduled to be held on Apr 10, 2022. (Camera: CHRISTOPHE PETIT-TESSON).B-ROLL OF THE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE LEFT-WING PARTY PRIMARIES AHEAD OF THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN PARIS, FRANCE.
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